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Today on Proactive AU

While lower oil prices mean cheaper petrol, along with lower transport and manufacturing costs, it is a real problem for the likes of Exxon Mobil and Chevron. The two oil heavy weights plunged Friday as crude dropped 3%.The ASX SPI 200 is off 12 points to 5639.FULL ARTICLE

Today on Proactive US

Wall Street was trading lower today as a drop in energy companies' stocks overpowered expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve may delay an interest-rate hike this year following weak wage data. The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) fell 0.2 percent to 2,104.14 at 3:39 p.m. in New York. The 30-company Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) dropped 0.3 percent to 17,688.30, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) was flat at 5,129.29. FULL ARTICLE